Mountprospect House

Detached L-plan two-storey house, built c. 1810, facing west, having return to north end with six-bay elevation, having multiple-bay two-storey additions to east and west end of rear elevation of latter, east addition having lower single-bay two-storey addition to east side, and single-bay single-storey lean-to to south gable of three-bay block. Hipped slate skirt roof with rendered chimneystacks. Single-pitched corrugated-iron roof to lean-to, hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks to additions and pitched slate roof to lowest addition with rubble sandstone chimneystack. Painted rendered walls, with slate-hanging to east wall of east addition. Main block has square-headed window openings, with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and nine-over-six pane to ground floor, all with limestone sills, round-headed eight-over-eight pane window to south elevation having spoked fanlight and cast-iron railings. Round-headed carved limestone doorcase to front elevation, with moulded pilasters having plinths and imposts, moulded archivolt with triple keystone, and timber panelled double-leaf door with ornate petal fanlight. Elliptical archway to east having roughly dressed sandstone voussoirs, now blocked up. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to south having pitched corrugated-iron roof, painted rendered rubble sandstone walls, square-headed window and door openings with fixed timber fittings and timber battened doors, and round-arched vehicular entrance with roughly dressed sandstone voussoirs and corrugated-iron doors. Rendered square-profile piers to road entrance, with render caps and painted render walls, terminating in second pair of piers.